small-scale
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Daniel, the foreman in this remote, informal, small-scale mine in Kono, the diamond region of Sierra Leone, shows me the gravel he's picking through with his fingers.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
In the model, the “availability” phase entailed contact and small-scale movements across the frontier, with trading relationships and marriage alliances, for example, forming gradually.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
A few kilometres from Kinshasa, small-scale fishing still provides a livelihood for more than 600 families on the small river island of Kimpoko.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
It’s a humble, low-impact, small-scale story meant to be shown, or fallen asleep to, on TV.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It turns out that the German beer industry suffers from small-scale production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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